Two Texas Democrats joined a united GOP in support of three free trade pacts

Two Texas Democrats joined with a solid bloc of Texas Republicans to ratify new trade agreements with South Korea, Panama, and Colombia, in what are the first major trade pacts the United States has entered into since the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994.

Twenty four of the state’s 32 House member voted in favor of all three agreements, which easily won passage. Texas Sens. John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchinson, both Republicans, favored the pacts. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Lake Jackson, who is running for president, did not vote.

The three Houston Democrats in Congress voted against all three trade deals.

The Texas delegation voted mainly along party lines, with all Republican representatives except the absent Paul voting for all three agreements. All representatives who voted against any of the trade agreements are Democrats.

Two Democrats voted in favor of all three bills:

Charlie Gonzalez, D-San Antonio

Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo

These representatives voted no to all three of the trade agreements:

Sheila Jackson Lee (official photo)

Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Houston

Gene Green, D-Houston

Silvestre Reyes, D-El Paso

Al Green, D-Houston

These representatives voted no to some of the Trade Agreement bills:

Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Dallas: Yes to South-Korea and Panama, No to Colombia

Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin: No to South-Korea and Colombia, Yes to Panama

Ruben Hinojosa, D-Mercedes: No to South-Korea, Yes to Panama and Colombia

Al Weaver of the Washington Bureau also contributed to this report.

Check back with Texas on the Potomac later today for detailed reaction from the delegation.